Upcoming Info

Important Dates:
Monday- Nov.  21- pointsetta order forms due
Tuesday-Nov.  22- there will be special guests from the Calgary Board of Education throughout the school in the morning taking pictures for the CBE website. Please ensure the purple CBE consent forms are sent back to the school before Tuesday so that they can take pictures of all of our students.
Wednesday-Nov. 23- Spirit Day and Fun Lunch. We will be talking about spirit day tomorrow- students are to wear their favourite colour to school on Wednesday.
Thursday- Nov.  24- Learning Commons books due
Friday- Nov.  25- PD Day, no school

Students have been practicing their decoding skills (being able to read the words) because as we know, if they read the word wrong then it can really impact the meaning of the text and also their understanding. High frequency sight words are words that appear often in books and that students should be able to recognize at first "sight" without having to sound them out or use other word solving strategies. This will greatly enhance their reading experience as they won't have to problem solve each word.  I will be sending home a list this week with the first 200 words, the words your child knows will be highlighted. We are practicing our sight words daily in class using a variety of hands on activities to help solidify them in our memory! However, as we always say "practice makes us better" so students can also work on these words at home if they can.